The day began at St.Benedicts school at 8:45 where we were invited to attend the assembly. During this assembly a teacher gave a talk about the link and what we do then afterwards questions were asked. This was nice to let younger students of the school ask questions to the Tanzanians' and also was a good way to help promote the link.
Soon after we head to the drama classroom where we were to spend the majority of the day. The activities began by first warming, we were all asked to participate in circle games and other bonding activities which was a nice way to have a chilled and relaxed start to the day. Not long after this we began rehearsing our drama piece which we had created yesterday and used this time to perfect and develop what would be happening during the piece, where people would be and what they would be doing. As before this was a nice relaxed morning to the day and it was nice to see everyone chilled out and being themselves. The Tanzanians found it extremely funny portraying their roles and individual animals which they would be later playing in the upcoming performance.
After a short break and some food we all head outside to take in the sun and bond over a quick game of 'catch the fish' this involved people standing in a circle and others weaving in and out of the circle trying not to get caught by the net. Once we had done this as a way to cool down after break we were once again rehearsing for the performance and really working and changing the issues we had come across earlier during the day. After a few hours of this we were let out for lunch, this was where most people ate their food and talked to one another.
After lunch we started preparing for the performance and so we all got our faces painted. This was fascinating for the Tanzanians as they had never had their faces painted before. After a short while the work was complete and you could tell by the Tanzanians' faces just how excited they were, there were loads of pictures taken. It was wonderful to see them experience something which was alien to them and was funny to see their reactions when first looking in a mirror. Once this had happened we got changed and everyone was getting ready for the final performance.
After a short while of waiting we all moved to the performance hall where school students were already waiting for see what we had to show them. After waiting for the last school to arrive the performance began. This consisted of Traditional Tanzanian dance and song and some English dance and song also. We all performed the story of a young rabbit in Africa who couldn't dance and so went away to seek help from the other animals. The school children loved the performance and the dancing! However after we had cooled down from the heat we were bombarded by questions from the young students. They were all extremely interested in the Tanzanians and had to leave half way through our question and answer session.
Finally to cool things down we showcased some traditional Tanzanian song and dance to mainly the older St.Benedicts students and then packed ourselves away to go home. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day and Charlotte our drama project leader was brilliant.
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